A
good friend of mine very recently left Hewlett Packard. He had spent 36 years
and 6 months at the company.
It
not nice to see an experienced privacy manager leave a firm – particularly
when, just after he left, a rather unfortunate data breach occurred. HP’s
employee payroll’s information (including the National Insurance numbers,
addresses and salaries of some 1000 people), was sent to an unknown party by
accident.
The
ICO has been informed.
Evidently,
all is not lost. An HP spokesman quickly assured the media that: “HP is fully
committed to protecting personal information and protecting privacy in all of our
operations. We take any instances of a potential compromise seriously and will
work to address any concerns as necessary.”
I’m
glad that HP is fully committed to protecting personal information. Hopefully,
their commitment might stretch to employing an experienced and qualified
privacy professional in the UK in due course, to replace the one they’ve just
lost.
If anyone from HP wants to get in touch with someone who has experienced a high-profile data breach, and needs to appreciate just what they ought to be doing to rebuild trust in their brand, please feel free to give me a call.
If anyone from HP wants to get in touch with someone who has experienced a high-profile data breach, and needs to appreciate just what they ought to be doing to rebuild trust in their brand, please feel free to give me a call.
Disclaimer:
Please
note that HP’s data protector software product is not associated in any way
with this data protector blog.
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